Havana, July 7, 2021.- The founding ceremony of the “Raúl Roa García” Honorary Cathedra took place this Wednesday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during an act chaired by the member of the Political Bureau of the CC-PCC and Minister of Foreign Relations, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, and with the presence of the head of the Ideological Department of the CC-PCC, Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, and the rector of the Higher Institute of International Relations (ISRI), Rogelio Sierra Díaz, among other authorities.
This Honorary Cathedra, directed by Raúl Roa Kouri and made up of a group of prestigious collaborators, will pay tribute to the “Chancellor of Dignity”, through the study of the fruitful work and the political-social thought of who is a paradigm for all generations of diplomats of the Revolution.
At the event, the president of the ISRI University Student Federation, Anaylín Castillo Padilla, highlighted the high honor of keeping Roa's legacy alive for the continuity of revolutionary Cuban diplomacy. For his part, the rector of this institution, Rogelio Sierra Díaz, stressed the importance of the new space within the academic spectrum, for the comprehensive training of the young quarry of Cuban diplomats, and signified the commitment to strengthen its operation.
In the cultural section of the ceremony, fragments of the documentary “Hasta la Juventud Siempre”,(Until the youth forever) by the director Fabiola López, were screened, and the singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez performed iconic pieces from his musical repertoire.
Also present at the event were the Ministers of Higher Education and Culture, José Ramón Saborido Loidi and Alpidio Alonso Grau, respectively, as well as Raúl Roa Kourí, president of the “Raúl Roa García” Honorary Chair. Members of the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ISRI professors and students, as well as other guests also participated.
(Cubaminrex)
